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From: Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net>
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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-04-11 (Thursday)
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 18:02:11 -0700
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On 4/12/2024 11:12 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
> On 4/12/24 7:28 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
> 
>> On 4/12/2024 5:49 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
>>>
>>> What did you watch?
>>
>> A 'How the Universe Works' rerun about dark matter and dark energy. 
>> Basically we haven't got a clue what either one actually is.
> 
> The dirty little secret is that they are both basically "fudge factors" 
> in cosmology physics, to make the math work.
> 
> IOW, we know there is *something* there, because the math doesn't make 
> sense otherwise, but we have no idea what it actually is.
> 
Well, its not really a "secret", all the astronomers, astrophysicists 
and cosmologists on the show were flat out saying "We haven't got a clue 
what these really are!".

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